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Hello Nairalanders,
I don’t know who might need this. It was people’s stories on this platform that gave me the motivation I needed to pursue my visa application in 2019.

PROFILE:
FAMILY APPLICATION (2019)
COLLEGE DIPLOMA (Change of Career)

Timeline for admission, study permit, my kids visa
• College Application – January 2019
• Offer of admission - April 2019
• Visa application – May 2019
• Submitted at night got Request for biometrics by morning.
• Background check started for me after my biometric
• No background check for my kids
• Eligibility review started the next day.
• Medical request after one week (raised a web form and emailed some visa offices informing them that I did upfront medical)
• 3 days later profile was updated to medical passed
• After my medical was updated, I sent a mail requesting for an update on my kids application
• Passport request for myself July 2019
• Same day I got a medical request for my kids(also sent a mail, attached a proof of upfront medical)
• 4 days later medical passed and a request for additional document for the kids(consent letter)
• Passport request for my kids – August 2019

Documents submitted(Myself)
• IMM1294
• IMM5257(schedule 1)
• IMM5713
• IMM5645

[/b]Proof of finance
• Spouse statement of account
• Certificate of Treasury bill investment
• Proof of an investment in a company (shares)
• Letter of sponsorship from my spouse (a detailed analysis of our monthly expenses and how it will be taken care of)
• My statement of account

[b]Academic document:
• Letter of admission
• School fees payment receipt (paid 1yr fees)
• WAEC Cert
• Degree Cert (did not include transcript)

Other supporting documents
• Statement of purpose (2pages)
• Proof of upfront medical
• Police clearance
• Digital photograph
• Marriage cert
• Proof of employment
• Proof of employment (spouse)
• My resume (included volunteer activities inline with intended course of study)
• Volunteer role attestation (from a religious organization)
• NYSC CDS cert (I added this because my CDS group activity was inline with my intended course of study)
• Data page of my international passport and that of my kids
• Proof of landed property as an additional income
• Birth certificate

Kids Document
• IMM5257(Dependent 1)
• IMM 5257 (Dependent 2)
• Upfront medical
• Birth cert
• Data page of international passport
• Passport photograph
• Proof of Upfront inquires about child care centers around my school.( I contacted some childcare centers and my kids where added to their waitlist)

Note: spouse applied for visitor’s visa after we got to Canada.